Romeo and Juliet (1955 film)

Romeo and Juliet
Film poster
Directed by	Lev Arnshtam Leonid Lavrovsky
Written by	Lev Arnshtam Leonid Lavrovsky
Based on	Romeo and Juliet 1597 play by William Shakespeare
Produced by	Pavel Danilyants
Starring	Yuri Zhdanov Galina Ulanova
Cinematography	Yu-Lan Chen Aleksandr Shelenkov
Edited by	Tatyana Likhachyova
Music by	Sergei Prokofiev
Release date	20 May 1955 (1955-05-20)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Soviet Union

Romeo and Juliet (Russian: Ромео и Джульетта, translit. Romeo i Dzhulyetta) is a 1955 Soviet ballet film directed by Lev Arnshtam. The film was based on the 1940 production of Prokofiev's ballet, choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Best Lyrical Film and was nominated as the Palme d'Or.[1]

Plot summary

Cast

• Galina Ulanova as Juliet
• Yuri Zhdanov as Romeo (as Yu. Zhdanov)
• I. Olenina as Juliet's nurse
• Aleksandr Radunsky as Lord Capulet (as A. Radunsky)
• Ye. Ilyushchenko as Lady Capulet
• Aleksey Yermolayev as Tybalt
• Sergei Koren as Mercutio (as S. Koren)
• V. Kudryashov as Benvolio
• L. Loshchilin as Friar Laurence
• Aleksandr Lapauri as Paris (as A. Lapauri)

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Romeo and Juliet". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2009.

External links

• Romeo and Juliet at IMDb
• Romeo and Juliet at the TCM Movie Database